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<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" width="95%" align="center"> <tr bgcolor="#234c6f"><td> <table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1"> <tr bgcolor="#234c6f"> <td colspan="2" align="left"> <font size="3" color="#FFFFFF" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>T O P I C ��� R E V I E W</b> </font></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#A3B9CC"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Jordan</b> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(1999,3,15,15,49,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">April 15, 1999</span> <span class="timeformat-0">03:49 PM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> With a nod of the hat to Sol System, I hearby declare this thread on poetry posting HERE to be open!<p>Oh, this isn't a contest or anything. It's just a thread to show off some our fellow freinds creativity in the area of poetry. Comments, suggestions or rants are more than welcome!<p>I'll start with one of mine.<p>"Waking Up To The Sound Of Gunfire"<p>Waking up to the sound of gunfire<br>It must be true<br>They said so on the news...<p>The youth of America is arming themselves<br>And are taking aim<br>Pearl, Mississippi...<br>Jonesburo, Arkansas...<br>Springfield, Oregon...<br>Who�s next to pull the trigger?<br>Have you really, really listened?<br>Yeah you - listen...<br>To the sound of gunfire<br>Has any of us really listened?<p>(J)<P>------------------<BR>Goodnight my love...the brightest star in my sky...<p>Goodnight...you have been my sky, my sun and my moon...<br> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E5EAEF"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Jeff Raven</b> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(1999,3,15,16,7,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">April 15, 1999</span> <span class="timeformat-0">04:07 PM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> I found this poem most compelling! And in light of current discussions, I think its appropriate.<p><br><u>If Eve had Failed to Concieve</u><p>By <b>Edward Wellen</b><br><br><br><br><p><small>[This message was edited by Jeff Raven on April 15, 1999.]</small> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#A3B9CC"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Jubilee McGann</b> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(1999,3,15,16,42,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">April 15, 1999</span> <span class="timeformat-0">04:42 PM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> *tips her hat to Jordan* ... Well, here's another piece of crap by yours truly .... <p><br>Unsent<p>I didn't stop talking to you<br>Because you made me angry<br>I didn't stop talking to you<br>Because I failed to care<br>I didn't walk away from you<br>Because I really wanted to<br>I walked away because I fell in love<p>I won't pick up the phone<br>When you call<br>I won't turn to you<br>When you reach out in the hall<br>It's not because I hate you<br>That I do these things<br>It's because I cannot deal<br>With all the pain it brings<br>Not because I want it to...<p>Because I fell in love with you<p>And don't ask why<br>Please dont ask why<br>To answer you - I'd rather die<br>But if you really want to know...<p>It's because I love you so...<p>I didn't return your letters<br>For lack of want to read them<br>I didn't delete you from my machine<br>Because your voice was bane<br>I didn't walk away from you<br>That's nothing that I'd want to do<br>I walked away - <br>You're all I'm dreaming of ...<br>I walked away because I fell in love<p><br>------------------<br>There are people who one loves immediatly and forever. Just to know that you exist in the same world together is sufficient. Till I loved, I never lived - enough.<p><small>[This message was edited by Jubilee McGann on April 15, 1999.]</small> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E5EAEF"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Warped1701</b> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(1999,3,15,17,48,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">April 15, 1999</span> <span class="timeformat-0">05:48 PM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> *applauds* Jubes, that is <i>beautiful</i>. I love it.<P>------------------<BR><i>"We choose to do this and more. Not because it is easy, but because it is hard." <br>-- John F. Kennedy</i> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#A3B9CC"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Charles Capps</b> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(1999,3,15,19,39,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">April 15, 1999</span> <span class="timeformat-0">07:39 PM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> *snaps*<P>------------------<BR>"Okay, so I'm not "SANE" so to speak, but uh... I'm the lovable kind of psycho"<br> <A HREF="http://solareclipse.net/" TARGET=_blank>http://solareclipse.net/</A> <br> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E5EAEF"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Elim Garak</b> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(1999,3,15,19,43,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">April 15, 1999</span> <span class="timeformat-0">07:43 PM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Ah, CC has been brought up in the proper way to show appreciation of poetry.<p>*snaps repeatedly for all those who have gone thus far*<P>------------------<BR>"Audaces fortuna juvat."<br>"Fortune favours the bold."<br> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#A3B9CC"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Jordan</b> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(1999,3,15,20,13,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">April 15, 1999</span> <span class="timeformat-0">08:13 PM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Snapping? They don't do that here?<p>Here's another one of mine. Enjoy.<p>"Pale"<p>You didn�t bother to try to stop<br>Just get away, stealing dreams from my head<br>Just tell me what you want<br>Keep talking...I dunno what to say<br>I�m wrapped up in your arms<br>I play both parts, the boy and the girl<p>Trickier things keep shining from above<br>Still contemplating hitting you<br>But i�m writing it all down<br>I wanna be the one when you lay me down<br>No more I love you�s will I speak<br>To your ears, you don�t listen<br>Listen to me...listen to me...listen to me...<br>My hands are in the fire<br>You burn me...<p>Yes, I do...<br>No I won�t...<br>I see the song shining in your face<br>Yeah...I wanna be in outer space<br>I�d live for you but you don�t care<br>They wanna put me away<br>They wanna tie me down<br>So i�ll just end it without a sound<p>I�ve gotta bruise<br>I�ve gotta snooze<br>I�ve gotta run<br>I�ve gotta heart to loose<p>Shades of my eyes, my past lies<br>I disguise them in colours<br>For you alone<br>It�s my sky<br>Shaded and hated<br>Bloodless white<br>Make me pale...<br>Pale...<br><P>------------------<BR>Goodnight my love...the brightest star in my sky...<p>Goodnight...you have been my sky, my sun and my moon...<br> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E5EAEF"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>StationMaster</b> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(1999,3,15,20,28,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">April 15, 1999</span> <span class="timeformat-0">08:28 PM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> *runs up to microphone*<p>*farts loudly*<p>*runs out of hall singing<p>The was a young man from Sparta......<p><p><br>I am just kidding you know <IMG SRC="http://solareclipse.net/Forums/smile.gif"><P>------------------<BR>---- AAARRRRRRRRHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!----<p>I feel better now.<br> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#A3B9CC"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>The_Tom</b> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(1999,3,15,21,15,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">April 15, 1999</span> <span class="timeformat-0">09:15 PM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> *is next in line*<p>Disclaimer:<p>A)I actually don't paint myself.<br>B)This is rather old and hastily done. It was the only thing I could find on HD.<p>Oh, and bonus points to whoever pulls the Paridise Lost allusion out of it...<p><b>Paint</b><p>The palette lies,<br>a topograph of colour.<br>One camel-haired brush<br>is the artist�s sword.<br>It plunges<br>headlong <br>into the face of the palette�s wood.<br>Reaching, screaming<br>to cover its nude bristles with<br>oily pigment.<p>The bristles meet the austere<br>surface and<br>scrunge their way through<br>the paint,<br>passing through<br>crimsons, golds and aquamarines,<br>leaving a wake<br>of merged colour<br>lapping together in a greasy ocean.<p>The sopping-wet utensil rises<br>from its oily refuelling pad<br>to meet the empty canvas.<br>Looming like a blank wall.<br>The artist�s wrist flicks,<br>and a slash of ochre cuts<br>through the nothingness.<br>The artist smiles<br>and the inflictor of the wound falls away<p>From the canvas, it picks up speed.<br>He hurled headlong down.<br>The paintbrush slams beneath the waves<br>on the top of the drinking cup.<br>Like a medieval priest casting out a demon,<br>the paint,<br>a wraith,<br>slips from behind its camelhair prison<br>and into the confines of the water.<p>The hours pass.<br>Fresh paint gives way to a<br>stucco of oil.<br>For the final time, a brushstroke<br>hits the canvas,<br>and falls back to the murky water, the primordial soup<br>from whence life sprung<br>yet is the waste product in the life<br>of a painting.<p><br>------------------<br>"......"<br>�������������-The Breen at Internment Camp 371<p><p><p><p><small>[This message was edited by The_Tom on April 15, 1999.]</small> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E5EAEF"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>TSN</b> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(1999,3,15,23,12,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">April 15, 1999</span> <span class="timeformat-0">11:12 PM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Ugh... I hate serious poetry...<p>There once was a woman from Venus...<p>*crowd ahems*<p>Oh, alright. Erm...<br>There once was a girl from Regina...<p>*crowd ahems louder*<p>Uh... How about...<br>There once was a woman from Tucker,<br>And every guy wanted to�<p>*crowd binds, gags, and throws him out of the room*<p>Hmpf! You people have no appreciation for art... *LMAO*<P>------------------<BR>"I prefer much more diplomatic ways of pissing people off."<br>-a certain anonymous administrator <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#A3B9CC"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Jubilee McGann</b> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(1999,3,16,0,37,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">April 16, 1999</span> <span class="timeformat-0">12:37 AM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> *SNAPS SNAPS SNAPS for Jordan and The_Tom* ..<p>My poetry is CRAPOLA compared to you guys!<p><br>TSN ... Meet me in "THE ROOM" .. I have a few things to discuss with you on your taste in art.... *whip crack in the background*<P>------------------<BR>There are people who one loves immediatly and forever. Just to know that you exist in the same world together is sufficient. Till I loved, I never lived - enough. <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E5EAEF"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Jeff Raven</b> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(1999,3,16,1,26,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">April 16, 1999</span> <span class="timeformat-0">01:26 AM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> A little piece from my english class...And it was Jordan who gave me an idea to put my stuff on the net....thanks man.<p><u>Contemplation</u> <p>A man pauses on a footbridge. <br>A garden of life surrounds him, <br>wrapping him in its lucid touch. <p>The emerald leaves flash their multi-faceted faces, <br>as if they were precious gems <br>waiting to be plucked. <br>Balsam grass peak out of the bank, <br>As caramel cattails tease the wind <br>into a soothing dance. <p>His senses become overwhelmed. <br>He draws in a deep breath, <br>The glory of life permeating <br>his body. <p>The sound of calm water flowing beneath him, <br>Draws his eyes to the brilliant pink lilies <br>That dot the stream. <br>He draws back, taking in the entire scene. <br>And for a moment, <br>A small instant, <br>He understands it all. <br>He knows his place here. <p>He sighs as a stray thought brings him back. <br>He smiles, the sparkling trees returning it. <br>The essence of the scene is there <br>As he looked ahead, <br>Accompanying him on the path. <P>------------------<BR>Jeff Raven - Having more fun than any human being should be allowed to have <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#A3B9CC"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Daryus Aden</b> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(1999,3,16,3,17,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">April 16, 1999</span> <span class="timeformat-0">03:17 AM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Poor CC. It's a hard life eh?<P>------------------<BR>I drink therefore I am.<p>-Descartes<p> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E5EAEF"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Jubilee McGann</b> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(1999,3,16,4,11,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">April 16, 1999</span> <span class="timeformat-0">04:11 AM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>[Disclaimer: this was written from my brain into submission window at 4am EST ... I.E:It is unedited ramblings. You guys are the first to hear it. Tell me what you think.]</b><p>*havn't figured out a title*<br>I spent my lifetime trying to learn<br>That you spend it, cheaply.<br>There's no time to burn here ...<br>We are running, and running,<br>We don't know why. <br>We are chasing ourselves, <br>Until we die.<p>Time is the fire that burns within us,<br>Fueling us onward.<br>Time, who is our Master, and we, <br>His unwilling slaves. <br>Cruel Time, torturing us.<br>Torturing me, who has no Time to loose...<p>No time for these games<br>You play with my mind....<br>You play with my soul ...<br>And I gave you my heart, a willing victim.<br>I have watched it burn in your hand.<br>You reached your hand in my chest,<br>And twisted my enire being around.<p>Absolute power, but power corrupts.<br>You have all the power....<br>I'm yours to devour...<br>And you like how that is, <br>You like to play with me...<br>You could tell me day was night<br>I'd believe you...I'd believe you..<br>But you know this, I'm your prisoner<br>And you know this.<p>And you like it...<br>And you like it.<p>Well find a new play-toy, Master mine.<br>This feeling I have... <br>Is no longer divine.<br>Set me free, I don't want to play.<br>If you ever want me...<br>You'll come find me one day.<br>When you want to be real,<br>After you've had your fun, the battles been won...<br>You know how I feel...You've known forever..<br>You know how I feel.<p>Come find me, <br>When time permits you...<br>Come find me.<p>But remember...Time is cruel.<br>Remember.<br>Time is not yours, and it devours.<br>It will burn you, as you have burned me...<br>And change things.<br>Don't take your chances on forever...<br>It might not be there when you need it..<br>It will dissappear...Dissappear...<p>So come find me...<br>When time permits you...<br>Come find me.<p>I have no time for your games anymore.<br><P>------------------<BR>There are people who one loves immediatly and forever. Just to know that you exist in the same world together is sufficient. Till I loved, I never lived - enough. <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#A3B9CC"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Montgomery</b> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(1999,3,16,5,13,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">April 16, 1999</span> <span class="timeformat-0">05:13 AM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <i>You have no idea what's begun here <IMG SRC="http://solareclipse.net/Forums/smile.gif"></i><p>When you drive for hours....<br>arrive,<br>to find you nowhere gone.<br>You've just been mouthing<br>"Broom, broom"<br>and rocking wheel;<br>Of course you have,<br>The heap is rusted through....<br>and off the road <br>since you drove through 13 schoolyards<br>laughing like a Prescott......<p>And when you are the burning man<br>who seeing the flame<br>runs for nearest garage<br>and grabs a pump.<br>Then squirting and blazing in the forecourt,<br>shouting:<br>"Come on....<br>Splat my ratatouille across the sky..."<p>Then welcome.<br>Ah....<br>Ooo Compluzian...<br>Beghzzli.<p>In Blue Jam<br>Blue Jam<br>Blue Jam<p><p><i>Example Opening Narration - Chris Morris' Blue Jam</i><P>------------------<BR>An unborn scream burst in my stomach,<br>and spread like cold mercury through my chest.<br>I covered my face with my hands, but kept looking through my fingers.<br>"Write that down!", he told the stick.<br>"Is visibly destroyed, yet unable to turn away".<p> - Blue Jam <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E5EAEF"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>The Excalibur</b> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(1999,3,16,13,2,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">April 16, 1999</span> <span class="timeformat-0">01:02 PM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> I think that I shall never know<br>The places that I do not go<br>No more for me the seeds to sow<br>To be eaten by some F***ing Crow.<p>Little humor, no charge!!<P>------------------<BR><b>The Naked Now</b><p><p> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#A3B9CC"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Elim Garak</b> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(1999,3,16,15,4,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">April 16, 1999</span> <span class="timeformat-0">03:04 PM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> On a much more serious note...<p><br>"Eyes of Fire"<p>I gaze into the mirror<br>The image that I see<br>Is but a mere reflexion of<br>what's inside of me:<p>The words lash out like brush fire,<br>The thoughts are evil, true.<br>A few stray phrases can save a life,<br>But can they come from you?<p>The heart's as cold as hard stone,<br>The eyes, they ripple with hate.<br>And what I've been observing<br>Is too hard to relate.<p>As hatred, darkness, looms ahead,<br>The path, once bright, now dark<br>Draws further off the moral way,<br>Where do you find that mark?<p>I gaze into the mirror<br>The image that I see<br>Has eyes of fire and heart of stone<br>Can you believe it's me?<p>------------------<br>"Audaces fortuna juvat."<br>"Fortune favours the bold."<p><small>[This message was edited by Elim Garak on April 16, 1999.]</small> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E5EAEF"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Warped1701</b> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(1999,3,16,19,8,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">April 16, 1999</span> <span class="timeformat-0">07:08 PM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> *snaps, <i>alot</i>* My, those are good.<p>Jubes: *wipes a tear away* I must admit, it seemed very familiar to me. Like an incident I came out of a few weeks ago. It struck just a wee bit too close to home. It was spectacular. Can't wait to see more.<P>------------------<BR><i>"We choose to do this and more. Not because it is easy, but because it is hard." <br>-- John F. Kennedy</i> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#A3B9CC"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>First of Two</b> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(1999,3,16,19,15,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">April 16, 1999</span> <span class="timeformat-0">07:15 PM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> All right, you asked for it. <br>($poiler: the Forever Man is a mysterious immortal character I created some time ago)<p>WANDERINGS<br>-or-<br>THE BALLAD OF THE FOREVER MAN<p>I come to find you<br>But will what you find finding you<br>Be me<br>I cannot see<br>It's been a long time<br>A long time since I saw you last<br>What's new<br>Me or you<br>Rainy evenings<br>Skies of grey <br>Silent footfalls<br>Come my way<br>The TV burns all night<br>And no one's watching.<p>Across the Desert<br>Through arctic winds to jungle rain<br>I roam<br>Have no home<br>Scenery changes<br>My search still remains the same<br>To quest<br>Never rest<br>I will journey<br>Cross the Earth<br>Find the reason<br>For my birth<br>The TV burns all night<br>And I'm not watching<p>One night in Bangkok<br>A thousand years in Avalon<br>Time flows<br>I don't know<br>In search of meaning<br>I've walked from here to Babylon<br>World turns,<br>This I've learned:<br>Doesn't matter<br>Where I've been<br>Sit here now<br>Warm within<br>The TV burns all night<br>And I've quit watching.<br><P>------------------<BR>*I only SEEM Normal*<br> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E5EAEF"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>First of Two</b> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(1999,3,16,19,22,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">April 16, 1999</span> <span class="timeformat-0">07:22 PM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> On a somewhat related note:<br>This here's one of my earliest poems, so forgive me if it sux a bit. It's kind of a monologue.<p>THE VAMPIRE'S LAMENT<p>I stalk the night, the cursed son of man's forgotten bride,<br>Prince of pain. Heir of torment.<br>The last survivor of a race condemned<br>The night is mine alone<p>Alone I walk, Alone forevermore-<br>By Fate's decree, and not my own design<br>For would I couse myself this pain?<p>Black fire burns through my veins,<br>Incomprable to any human need,<br>Desire, unquenchable.<p>Some try to help me, they do not understand<br>Acknowledgement of feeling causes only further pain,<br>Of which I've HAD my fill.<p>Still, this longing claws at my soul<br>An enless search for an unreachable goal.<p>I once sought vengeance. Now I seek release,<br>An ending to my quest. By any means.<p>There are nights, cold and lonely, <br>When I would sell my soul for someone to hold,<br>...If I still had one.<p>"Help me," said the Lost Son, "to escape this living Hell."<br>"Kill me," said the Dark Child...<br>"For I cannot kill myself."<P>------------------<BR>*I only SEEM Normal*<br> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#A3B9CC"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Jordan</b> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(1999,3,17,0,8,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">April 17, 1999</span> <span class="timeformat-0">12:08 AM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Here is something I wrote for a very dear friend of mine...<p>"Peter"<p>Locked up in a cloudy day<br>Can�t stay for long, he�s not OK<br>He saw 10,000 daggers<br>Each one stabbing<br>Each one grabbing<br>See, he wanna be a big boy<br>Meet a sweet girl, have a good life<br>He said no, no, no...just wanna be a friend<br>He said no, no, no...can�t live this life again<br>Living in this picture show...<p>Stood up and counted rain<br>He wanna be something just so plain<br>He flew 10,000 miles<br>Each one contracting<br>Each one reacting<br>And he would have been a big boy<br>Could have been cruel, could have been coy<br>He said no, no, no...just wanna love again<br>He said, no, no, no...just wanna die again...<br>Living in this picture show<p>(J)<P>------------------<BR>Goodnight my love...the brightest star in my sky...<p>Goodnight...you have been my sky, my sun and my moon...<br> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E5EAEF"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>The First One</b> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(1999,3,17,6,22,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">April 17, 1999</span> <span class="timeformat-0">06:22 AM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> *walks in, cringes, hurriedly rushes out to seek solace in his book of Edna St. Vincent Millay*<P>------------------<BR>"I am greater than the stars for I know that they are up there and they do not know that I am down here." - William Temple<br> <br /> </font> </td></tr> </table></td></tr></table> <br /> <br />
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